Irreversible unilateral amaurosis as the only focal symptom caused by dissection of the common carotid artery;Unilaterale amaurose als einziges fokales zeichen einer carotis-communis-dissektion

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 509-512

  Neudecker, S ^a   Bau, V ^a   Behrmann, C ^a   Wolf, H H ^a   Krasnianski, Michael ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common carotid artery dissection; Unilateral amaurosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLINDNESS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; HUMANS; MALE; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142681145     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813138     Document Type: Article

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